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Associations Offer Help to Sheriffs Handling North Dakota Protest

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As police forces in rural North Dakota deal with a potentially long-term protest, two sheriffs’ associations have offered their services to the Morton County Sheriff’s Department—just in case it needs additional help. billion Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Angela Kisskeys Named Associations North President

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About Associations North. Associations North ( www.associationsnorth.com ) is the ‘association for associations’ in the Midwest. Our mission is to advance and serve associations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

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Trade Group: Driverless Trucks Could Solve Oil-Shipping Crisis

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With oil-rich North Dakota raising fresh shipping concerns, the Central North American Trade Corridor Association hopes to make use of driverless semi-trucks to ease the shipment of oil along a key transport route. 83 is North Dakota, which is currently struggling with the supply chain headaches caused by an oil boom.

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Neurologist Shortages Widespread in U.S., Alzheimer’s Association Warns

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The gaps were most significant in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Oklahoma. On Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London, researchers with the startup Neurocern, Inc.,

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We Asked, You Answered: Looking Forward 100 Years

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CEO, North Dakota Association of Realtors. With this in mind, we recently asked our readers what they saw their associations achieving in the next 100 years. Here are some of the answers they shared. Involvement and inclusion.

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Journalism Groups Join Forces to Highlight Press Freedom Issues

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Among them: Reporters who were arrested during Inauguration Day protests , a Guardian correspondent who was assaulted by a Montana congressional candidate , and journalists covering the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota who were arrested and charged with crimes.

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Railroad Group Says Oil Shipments Hurting Passengers

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The route covers a sparsely populated region of the country (including North Dakota and Montana) where people have limited transit options, according to the group. More details: The root problem: Since 2008, when North Dakota hit what was then its pipeline limit, the state’s oil producers have relied on trains to ship oil.